Chest for tools



(No Model.)

J. P. ZIMMERMAN.

CHEST FOR TOOLS, &c. No. 308,783. Patented Aug. 19, 1-884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,783, dated August 19, 1884..

Application tiled March 12. 1884. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jens F. ZIMMERMAN, of Vashington Centre, in the county of Her risen and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Chest for Tools and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved chest or box provided with a series of trays for receiving tools or other implements and articles, which trays are so arranged that they are raised automatically by aising the lid of the chest.

The invention consists in the combination, with a chest and its lid, of a series of trays connected with each other and with the chest of the chest is swung up and back the trays will be swung up and backward.

The invention further consists in the combination, with the above chest, of a hinged front part, on the back of which a box formed, which box is connected with the trays in such a manner that it swings out when the trays swing up.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, i'orining partof this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my inr proved chest, showing it opened, Fig. 2, an end View, parts being broken out and others shown in section.

The box or chest, made in the usual manner, is provided witha hinged lid or cover, 3, and the upper part or half, 0, of the front A is hinged in such a manner that it can swing downward and outward.

To the inner surface of the hinged part a longitudinal box, D, is secured, which box is provided. with a cover, E, hinged to the outer or top edge of the box D, as shown, and adapted to swing outward and downward when the part 0 is swung down. The chest is provided witha series of trays-4n the case shown fourwhich are marked F, F F, and F, and all fit within the box or chest A.

To each end of the bottom tray, F, the upper end of a lever, G, is pivoted at the front edge of the said tray, and the said lever is pivoted at its middle to the inner surface of the end of the chest, and to the lower end of each lever G one end of a lever, G, is pivoted, the opposite end of which is pivoted to the end of the box D on the part 0.

To each end of the tray F the uppcrcnd of a lever, II, is pivoted, the lower end of which is pivoted to the inner surface of the corresponding end oi. the box in line with the center pivot of the lever G and at the back of the said end of the chest.

On the same pivot with the upper end of each lever 11 one end of a lever, .T, is pivoted, the opposite end of which is pivoted to the in nor surface of the corresponding end of thelid B at the back of the end and a short distance from the lower edge. A lever, K, is pivoted to the center of each end of the tray F and to the front of the corrcspon ding end of the tray F.

To the centers of the ends of the trays F and F levers L and If are pivoted, which have their lower ends pivoted to the rear parts of,

the ends of the trays F and F, respectively, and have their upper ends pivoted to the front parts of the ends of the trays F and F, respectivcl y. Levers L are pivoted to the back parts of the ends of the trays F and to the centers of the ends of the trays F. A lever, M, is pivoted to the back part of each end of the tray F or F, and has its opposite end pivoted to one end of. a short link, N, having its opposite end pivoted to the inner surface of the end of the cover at the front and top of the same. A. supporting-rod, O, is hinged to the center of the upper surface of the cover at the front edge. XVhen the cover is swung back, the several parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the trays being raised and projecting beyond the rear edges of the lower trays. If the lid is swung on the box, its trays are folded down on each other. The part 0 is swung up ard and inward, and the bottom tray is swung on the top of the box 1). If the lid is raised and swung, the several parts are automatically brought into the position shown in Fig. 1. The bottom and top trays are slightly narrower" than the middle trays, so as to perinit them to clear the edges of the boX and its lid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, hinged lid, of a series of trays held with a chest and its above each other and connected bylevcrs with and with the box and its lid, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a chest and its hinged lid, of a series of trays held above each other and connected by pivoted levers, and also connected by two lovers at each end with the box and by two levers at each end with the lid, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a chest, of a series of trays connected by lovers with each other and wit-h the chest and lid, and with a hinged part on the front of the chest, a box being formed on the said hinged part of the front of the chest, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with a chest and-its lid, of the hinged front part, 0, on which a each other box, D, is formed, a series of trays connected 2o with each other and with the box'and lid, and of levers G, connecting the front levers of the lowest trays with the ends of the box D, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination-,with the chestAand its 2 cover 13, of the trays F, F", F and F, of the levers G, H, J, K, L. L L*, and M, substantial] y as herein shown and described.

6. The combination, with a chest and its lid, of a series of trays connected bylevers 0 with each other and with the chest and lid, and of the supporting-rod O, hinged on the lid, substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN F. ZIMMERMAN.

W'itnesses:

En. BALDWIN, E. J. BALDWIN. 

